Ties happened at all levels for decades in the regular season. I don’t see why they still shouldn’t occur, except that means that people will have to do more math to figure out the standings.

]]>By: techvethttp://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/11/12/rams-49ers-tie-left-players-and-coaches-confused/#comment-2113319
Mon, 12 Nov 2012 17:46:42 +0000http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=1515263#comment-2113319The overtime rules are decades-old. There have been recent tweeks, but the rules are still generally the same. If the score is tied at the end of the first overtime, the game is OVER and considered a tie. I do not understand why players are so mystified. The coaches are 100% to blame for their players being confused.
]]>By: thestrategyexperthttp://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/11/12/rams-49ers-tie-left-players-and-coaches-confused/#comment-2113299
Mon, 12 Nov 2012 17:38:08 +0000http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=1515263#comment-2113299Well actually Fisher you DID LOSE it. You went into this game knowing a tie or loss effectively ended your season and you needed to gameplan for spotting the other team a point in effect.

You lost, and didn’t even realize it before or after the game. That’s not good.

]]>By: catquickhttp://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/11/12/rams-49ers-tie-left-players-and-coaches-confused/#comment-2113204
Mon, 12 Nov 2012 17:06:17 +0000http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=1515263#comment-2113204I don’t believe that at least one asst coach isn’t at least 50 yrs old and doesn’t remember before there was overtime and games often ended in ties. How hard would it be to pass the word?
]]>By: jibberatorhttp://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/11/12/rams-49ers-tie-left-players-and-coaches-confused/#comment-2113073
Mon, 12 Nov 2012 16:20:38 +0000http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=1515263#comment-2113073Its not like its one of the most important rules in the game. And its not like the nfl hasn’t changed the rules regarding overtime a million times.
]]>By: S.Nevadahttp://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/11/12/rams-49ers-tie-left-players-and-coaches-confused/#comment-2113032
Mon, 12 Nov 2012 16:07:24 +0000http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=1515263#comment-2113032I’m 100% fine with ties, but then again, I’m a fan of ‘the sport that shall not be named’. I’d be fine if they did what another poster suggested and fully did away with regular season OT. If you can’t decide it in 60, what makes you think another 15 is deserved?
]]>By: ncm42http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/11/12/rams-49ers-tie-left-players-and-coaches-confused/#comment-2113022
Mon, 12 Nov 2012 16:03:23 +0000http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=1515263#comment-2113022Does the Rams WR mentioned in the update have a name?
]]>By: szwhtsup123http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/11/12/rams-49ers-tie-left-players-and-coaches-confused/#comment-2112987
Mon, 12 Nov 2012 15:48:53 +0000http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=1515263#comment-2112987I have to agree with harryglyphics in every account. There should NEVER be a tie in football, this has to be the dumbest rule in the book.
“I have advocated a very simple rule for overtime:
Each team gets a possession. However that possession happens–whether its a kickoff after a score, a turnover via fumble or int, whatever, THEN it becomes Sudden Death.
As long as both teams had the ball even if for just one play, from that point on it’s Sudden Death.”
This is a no brainer, c’mon NFL get with it!
]]>By: musicman495http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/11/12/rams-49ers-tie-left-players-and-coaches-confused/#comment-2112975
Mon, 12 Nov 2012 15:45:23 +0000http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=1515263#comment-2112975Dashon Goldson, another 49er genius.
]]>By: snookauhttp://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/11/12/rams-49ers-tie-left-players-and-coaches-confused/#comment-2112913
Mon, 12 Nov 2012 15:25:28 +0000http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=1515263#comment-2112913If you watched this game as an unbiased 3rd party, you’d realize neither of these teams deserved to win. Its fitting that it ended in a tie in my opinion. If you can’t win a game in 15 minutes of overtime, it ends in a tie. Very fitting.
]]>By: cooklynn17http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/11/12/rams-49ers-tie-left-players-and-coaches-confused/#comment-2112887
Mon, 12 Nov 2012 15:10:02 +0000http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=1515263#comment-2112887There should be no ties in any football game on any level, ever. I don’t care if your playing until 2 in the morning, finish the game.

Baseball plays 23 innings ir more, please.

]]>By: oaktown49erhttp://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/11/12/rams-49ers-tie-left-players-and-coaches-confused/#comment-2112871
Mon, 12 Nov 2012 15:02:45 +0000http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=1515263#comment-2112871A tie game reminds me way to much of another sport some call football.
]]>By: dontgooffwonderinghttp://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/11/12/rams-49ers-tie-left-players-and-coaches-confused/#comment-2112862
Mon, 12 Nov 2012 14:57:19 +0000http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=1515263#comment-2112862If neither team can score once in fifteen minutes of over time, then neither team deserves credit for the win. Both teams had opportunities to convert and both teams failed to do so.

How is this the NFL’s fault? It’s up to the teams to get it done. That’s their job. That’s what they get paid for. If they can’t, then the most appropriate thing they can be given is half of the win each.

It’s only fair.

]]>By: Beezo-Doo-doo-Zippity-Bop-bop-bophttp://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/11/12/rams-49ers-tie-left-players-and-coaches-confused/#comment-2112858
Mon, 12 Nov 2012 14:55:51 +0000http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=1515263#comment-2112858I feel just the opposite of most posters here. I would end regular season overtime. You win it in regulation or it’s a tie. It would make for some interesting end games, standings and playoff seeding.
]]>By: thejuddstirhttp://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/11/12/rams-49ers-tie-left-players-and-coaches-confused/#comment-2112857
Mon, 12 Nov 2012 14:54:53 +0000http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=1515263#comment-2112857Must be the “college edumacation” these players earned.
]]>By: bkostelahttp://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/11/12/rams-49ers-tie-left-players-and-coaches-confused/#comment-2112829
Mon, 12 Nov 2012 14:42:16 +0000http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=1515263#comment-2112829its time for the nfl to do away with the tie. there’s no reason why they can’t just keep playing until someone scores. with kickers making 60 yard field goals, the team only needs to advance the ball just past midfield to have a chance, so the game won’t last forever.

OR, at the end of OT, have the opposing kickers decide the outcome with a field goal version of “HORSE”

]]>By: jimthebuilder27http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/11/12/rams-49ers-tie-left-players-and-coaches-confused/#comment-2112811
Mon, 12 Nov 2012 14:37:00 +0000http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=1515263#comment-2112811I’m not an NFL player, yet I knew games ended in a tie. How is it I know the rules more than coaches or players?
]]>By: bucsfan5000http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/11/12/rams-49ers-tie-left-players-and-coaches-confused/#comment-2112791
Mon, 12 Nov 2012 14:27:17 +0000http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=1515263#comment-2112791“I’ve never been a part of a tie. I never even knew that was in the rule book…I hate to see what would happen in the Super Bowl and in the playoffs.”
-Donovan McNabb
]]>By: truthfactoryhttp://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/11/12/rams-49ers-tie-left-players-and-coaches-confused/#comment-2112766
Mon, 12 Nov 2012 14:14:10 +0000http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=1515263#comment-2112766Why do even casual fans of football know that there are ties, but the guys who get paid millions of dollars to actually play the games are clueless???

This is literally inexcusable.

]]>By: purplengoldhttp://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/11/12/rams-49ers-tie-left-players-and-coaches-confused/#comment-2112753
Mon, 12 Nov 2012 14:10:08 +0000http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=1515263#comment-2112753looking the standings now reminds me of the old days before regular season OT
]]>By: harryglyphicshttp://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/11/12/rams-49ers-tie-left-players-and-coaches-confused/#comment-2112751
Mon, 12 Nov 2012 14:09:35 +0000http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=1515263#comment-2112751No game should end in a tie.
I have advocated a very simple rule for overtime:
Each team gets a possession. However that possession happens–whether its a kickoff after a score, a turnover via fumble or int, whatever, THEN it becomes Sudden Death.
As long as both teams had the ball even if for just one play, from that point on it’s Sudden Death.

Seems pretty damn simple to me.

]]>By: 8manhttp://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/11/12/rams-49ers-tie-left-players-and-coaches-confused/#comment-2112747
Mon, 12 Nov 2012 14:06:29 +0000http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=1515263#comment-2112747I picked the niners. How do I score this for myself? Do I get a zero? A one? A half?
]]>By: enochmh2http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/11/12/rams-49ers-tie-left-players-and-coaches-confused/#comment-2112745
Mon, 12 Nov 2012 14:05:56 +0000http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=1515263#comment-2112745This is what happens when you play for field goals! I wonder what a concussed Alex smith was thinking though
]]>By: bathroomben7http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/11/12/rams-49ers-tie-left-players-and-coaches-confused/#comment-2112743
Mon, 12 Nov 2012 14:04:13 +0000http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=1515263#comment-2112743“I’ve never heard of a tie in football,” Goldson said

This is why you’re only paid to run and jump and do exactly what Coach Harbaugh tells you to do.

]]>By: sfm073http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/11/12/rams-49ers-tie-left-players-and-coaches-confused/#comment-2112739
Mon, 12 Nov 2012 14:03:05 +0000http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=1515263#comment-2112739What a completely misleading title. One player said he didn’t know it could end in a tie not multiple players and coaches.
]]>By: mjbulls45http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/11/12/rams-49ers-tie-left-players-and-coaches-confused/#comment-2112738
Mon, 12 Nov 2012 14:02:29 +0000http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=1515263#comment-2112738both harbaugh brothers will choke to pitt & nyg

when it counts the most. see you in the playoffs.

]]>By: tundeyhttp://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/11/12/rams-49ers-tie-left-players-and-coaches-confused/#comment-2112737
Mon, 12 Nov 2012 14:02:08 +0000http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=1515263#comment-2112737Somewhere, McNabb is crying into his Chunky Campbell Soup (which he paid money for): See?! I am not the only dumb player that doesn’t know a game can end in a tie.
]]>By: joesmoe101http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/11/12/rams-49ers-tie-left-players-and-coaches-confused/#comment-2112717
Mon, 12 Nov 2012 13:50:23 +0000http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=1515263#comment-2112717smh…i’m literally at a loss of words